Last June, at a music festival in Winnfield, Louisiana, a woman named Casey LaCaze-Lachney received a ticket for "indecent exposure" based on the outfit she was wearing.
And what was she wearing you ask? Shorts….and a crop top.
LaCaze-Lachney aired her grievances on TikTok, where her video went viral.
The clip racked up millions of views and brought so much attention to the department, this past Tuesday, the Winnfield Police Department issued an official apology to LaCaze-Lachney, and also announced they would be dropping all charges.
LaCaze-Lachney and her lawyer Randall T. Hayes met with Police Chief Johnny Ray Carpenter and Winnfield City Attorney Herman Castete on Tuesday, and both officials acknowledged her outfit was not illegal.
Further, they also acknowledged proper protocol was not followed during the actual issuing of the citation.
Hayes told the Shreveport Times, "We are pleased that Casey is being officially exonerated. We appreciate Chief Carpenter's gracious apology. We thank both Chief Carpenter and Mr. Castete for acknowledging the mistakes the department made in this situation. We are not completely satisfied though. There are some serious problems, seemingly systematic ones in how the Winnfield Police Department operates. I have to wonder how many times this city ordinance and others have been improperly enforced against people who were never vindicated because they were not as social media savvy as Casey."
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